If you are like me and given the opportunity to coach a sport for little kids, be prepared for a nightmare.  It sounds easy, getting to teach little kids the sport that gives you so much happiness while your best friend is right there with you. Well, it sure isn’t.  Initially you sign up for the fun of it and are so excited for the first practice but by the end of it all you want to do is go cry in your bed before eating a bowl of ice cream.  Dealing with these little boys is definitely one of the hardest challenges I have ever faced.  The first problem is that they have an attention span of about 10 seconds so when trying to explain drills and games to them, it is pretty much impossible for them to understand.  Another thing is that they can be pretty mean, these four-foot, five year old kids will start making fun of you for no reason.  They also refuse to listen at all times.  Unless you physically pick them up, they won’t move, and when you are constantly telling them to stop doing something, they just don’t care.  Not to mention how many times a practice they will come up to you and cough, sneeze, and then proceed to wipe their nose and grab your hand.  I don’t know how I do this every week.

All jokes aside though, there are heartwarming moments watching them have fun and seeing their faces light up when they score a goal during games.  No matter how frustrating and draining it is to be their coach, at the end of the day they are still little kids learning what’s right and wrong as they grow up.  Nobody can take this experience away from me and no matter how much I think I regret signing up, I will always look back and be grateful for these future studs.